Driving back to the palace, the prince couldn't stop trying to figure out what was really going on between Brianna and her mother. Morris who is sitting next to him noticed his silence and tried to ask what was wrong, but he decides not to bother him.
The driver hit the brakes suddenly, due to inertia, everyone in the car forcefully moved forward. The prince hit the forehead at the driver's sit hardly that it hurts, though not cracked. He turned up in pain, only to see a familiar car blocking their way.
The guards came out to question the careless driving, "Hey, what is the meaning of this nonsense you've just did?" Bugging on the driver's side window.
Instead, the back door opened and the stubborn cheeky looking man came out, stared the driver from shoes to head. Lawrence widened his eyes upon seeing the man he saw earlier at Brianna's house, to have been the one to block their way. He opened the door and get down, so did Morris.
"Oh, here cames the prince himself." Manoah suppassed the guard to the prince. "Your majesty." bowed mockingly.
"May I know what this nonsense is all about?"
Manoah sighed and take a step towards the prince, but Morris blocked him from getting any closer. Manoah chuckled at this action. "Fine." raise hands in surrender.
"Morris, let him." The prince ordered Morris to stand aside, which he did.
Manoah smiled and then moved a step close. "It's understandable that you do not know me very well, prince, but when you do, I bet you wouldn't even want to make me your enemy."
"Go straight to your point, I am not a fun of riddles. Without tolerance nor a smile on his face.
"Keep away from Brianna." glared in the prince's eyes. " I have been watching your movements and your interest in my woman and I think I have tolerated more than I should, don't you think so, prince?" Shaking with anger. The prince kept silent as he continued bubbling, "even so, I still have a little respect for royalty, because I don't give warning to people who tries trie toy around with my things, but I did with you. isn't that enough respect, for you prince?"
The prince still remained silent.
"I won't warn you again, prince. Get this clearly from me." After this, he got into the car and the driver made a turned and they left.
The prince quietly enters the car and the rest followed, off they go. All the way, the prince said nothing and Morris is now worried for him, "my prince, are you ok?"
He nodded in reply, but said nothing.
"That guy has got some gats, how dare he challenge you my prince. What does he think of himself?" Angrily spoke.
"Forget about him. He's just some guy with empty threats." The prince replied.
" But my prince, what if the guy is really, Miss Brianna's man, and he's really dangerous?"
The prince only looked at Morris and decide not to answer.
"Nelly, Nelly honey, you have to eat."Mrs sakeni (Theresa) chasing after her five years old granddaughter.
"I don't want to! I just want my daddy!" running down the stairs when she bump into her dad, Marcos.
"Honey, what happened? Why are you refusing to eat?" He throw the bag on couch and attended to his little girl, sitting with her on a couch , "Honey, what's wrong?" calmly asked. Instead, she fell on his arms and begin to cry." He looked at his mother and then to the house helper.
"Come on my Princess, daddy will feed you. Edna, bring her food.
Edna immediately pass over the bowl of cereals she was holding in her hand. Marcos, slowly pulling her off his coat, "Come on princess, open up your mouth."
Nelly opened and a spoon was shove in her mouth and many more other spoons. He pampered her until she fell asleep. Afterwards, he was able to carry her to the room, layed her on bed and covered her in a blanket with princess Sofia on it as her favorite character.
Thoughts about the daughter's condition overloads his head as he descended the stairs that he didn't even notice his mum who was standing down, waiting for him.
With a sigh, she said, "We need to talk son."
With the same look on his face, Marcos take a sit and the mother sit next to him.
" I'm getting worried about my daughter, mother."Sigh. Will she ever be happy?"
"That's why I called you here."
He looked at her with wondering eyes.
"Since she died, Neither you nor Nelly has ever been happy. Talk of Nelly, I think the girl is lonely and very unhappy.."
"But we are trying our best to make her happy, mother, don't we?"
" Our best is not enough honey. That girl needs a mother's love, only then can she be happy."
These words awaken him up, "what are you trying to say, mum?"
"Get a wife, son. Your grieving is making it worse for the poor girl!"
Marcos, raise up panting with anger, "You know that's not possible, mum!
"For how long are you going to mourn, her risking your life and your daughter's?"
"I think this discussion is over." climb up to his room."
"Marcos, come back here, you can't continue like this!" yelled as she watched him going up without looking back and he closed the door behind him.
panic and anger overwhelm him. He hurried to a table where he got a glass of water and drink it rapid. Helplessly he sit down on edge of the bed with a glass still in his hand. Thoughts about what happened earlier at the hospital came rushing in his mind, Brianna's golden voice, a hug she gave him, her beautiful eyes and the charming dimples that deepens on her cheeks whenever she smiles. He pulled himself out of thoughts as Soon as he realized he still love Nelly's mother. Another glass of water he took rapidly in calming himself down.
"Greetings your majesty and her highness." Throw his tiresome body on the couch, leaning his back on the couch support back.
" How did you find him?" asked the queen.
"Thanks to the doctors, they did all they could and the man is ok. He has been discharged, I even helped take him to his house."
The king and queen, looked at each other and smiled.
" mmm, finally you know her place."
Lawrence's face grow with shame, "Mum, stop it. She's just a friend." He said after thinking about the earlier encounter with Manoah, the look on her face even turned low.
"Son why don't you invite this friend of yours to the palace, one of these days. I would like to meet her."
"Really, father?"his face glow with joy once again.
The queen turned the face down in a smile seeing how excited he looks.
"Why not. I have suddenly develop interest in meeting this girl, she seems like an interesting young lady."
"She's very interesting, father and her family too." Raise, excitedly.
"Sit down, where are you going to?" Asked his majesty.
"To my room, I need to call her right now, so that maybe tomorrow she can come." Running up stairs with such happiness the've never seen in him before.
They remained laughing of how his 28 years son could behave like he was 10.
It had been a wonderful day today at the Kumwenda's house, the welcoming party was great and everyone enjoyed. Jokes where cracked, laughers glowed everyone's faces until they separated ways. Michie and Bri are on the way escorting their roommates, Cindy and Tasha, "Thanks alot girls for coming."Bri thanked them.
"We are very glad, dad made it. That's the most important things, right?" Cindy winkled an eye to the girls.
"yeah." They replied and then kept silent as though they had some bad news to tell.
" Hey, what's going on, why are you girls, quiet? Is there something I need to know?" Stare around.
The three of them looked at each other, then Tasha spit it out, "The bursaries names are out."
"Tell me about it, is my name there?" curiously asked.
Silent, all of them and their faces turned gloomy, so she sensed. "My name is not there, right?" Staring at each.
"Unfortunately, yes B." Answered Cindy. Cheelo was given a 50%." She breathed out sadly.
Brianna begin to laugh, just to change the gloomy on their faces, though she's hurt inside, she decides to hide it from her friends to avoid unnecessary worries for her. "Is that why you look as though you have received your grandmothers funerals? Oh please, cut the crap." She laugh again and then they joined in.
"We were only worried about you, Bri." Michie spoke. and the two of them agree with her. " But we wrote the letter of appeal for you, maybe they will reconsider."
"Thank you so much, but you shouldn't have bothered. It will be ok, we will be together soon." Hitting their heads one by one playfully like they always do. Giggling aside the road as they wait for the bus, which stop by at last. Tasha and Cindy got in and waved at their friends through the window.
"Please don't let father find out about this. I wouldn't want to put his life in danger. The doctor emphasised on giving him unnecessary pressure, it may cause him an heart attack ,then die, which i can't afford to loose him."
"Don't worry, my pumpkin." They hold each other with smiles.